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Divided loyalties : young Somali Americans and the lure of extremism / Joseph Weber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weber, Joseph (Professor of journalism), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trials (Terrorism)--Minnesota--Minneapolis.
- Somali Americans--Minnesota--Social conditions.
- Trials (Terrorism).
- Somali Americans.
- Social conditions.
- Minnesota.
- Minnesota--Minneapolis.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "The book is about the 2016 trial in Minneapolis of several Somali immigrant and Somali American men for trying to join ISIS. It examines the process of radicalization and the reasons why one of the young men chose to cooperate with the FBI and testify against his friends and family members"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Seeds of Jihad
- A Land of Chaos
- The First Wave
- Blind Devotion
- A Cautionary Tale
- Don't Let the Caravan Leave You
- Why ISIS?
- A Special Case
- Peer to Peer
- A Woman's Place?
- Brotherhood
- The Caravan Beckons Again
- The Glory of the Shahid
- Breaking Down
- A Very Real Threat
- Straight Out of Hollywood
- The Backlash
- The Judge
- A Closed World?
- Taking a Hard Look
- Moving On
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781611863727
- 1611863724
- OCLC:
- 1141952096
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